Steaming-board.



. PATBNTED DEC. 29, 1903. J. BIEBERNEIT. STEAMING BOARD. APPLiOATION FILED JULY 25. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BIEBERNEIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STEAMlNG-BOARD.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,47 0, dated. December 29, 1903.

Application filed July 25,1902. Serial'No. 116.913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,J0HN BIEBERNEIT,a subject of the German Emperor, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steaming-Boards, of which the following is a specificationa The object of my invention is to provide a steaming-board by the use of which garments and other cloths may be cleansed and pressed without the use of a sad-iron and in a very quick convenient fashion.

To this end my invention consists in a steamingboard composed of a perforated shell which incloses a perforated steam-pipe, the perforations in the pipe being turned away from the perforations in the shell, so that the steam admitted through the pipe loses its water of condensation before escaping from the shelL- One form of ,my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fign re 1 is a top plan, the shell being partly broken away to show the pipe and the pipe being partly broken away to show the per.fo rations through its under side. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Same letters indicate similar parts in both drawings.

A represents a base-board, partition, post, or other fixed support, upon which my apparatus is mounted by means of a suitable bracket B. This bracket is not a necessary part of the apparatus, being simply intended to support the same at a sufficient distance from the wall or base-board to allow room for the supply-pipes.

O is the steaming-board, preferably made of sheet metal inthe form of a hollow shell. It is secured to the bracket B by bolts b or otherwise, as may be desired. The upperportion of this steaming-board is perforated, as shown at c 0, so as to give free exit to the steam within the hollow shell. The lower part of the shell is preferably solid, so as to throw back the steam toward the perforations c o.

D is a steam-pipe set within the hollow shell 0 and communicating by means of the branches 0? d with the steam-supply valve E, which communicates with a source of steamsupply. (Notshown.) The pipeD is provided with perforations all along the side or bottom, so as to project the steam against the solid portion of the shell 0, from whence itis thrown back to the perforations c c. In this way the water of condensation falls into the bottom of the shell 0 and escapes through the wastepipe F. If the perforations e e of the pipe D were turned in toward those of the shell, the water of condensation would be carried through the latter perforations, which is undesirable. It is therefore preferable to have the perforations of the pipe D at an angle sufficiently turned away from the perforations of the shell to enable the waterof condensation to run away.

The waste-pipe F is provided with a trap or seal fto prevent the steam blowing out from said pipe with the water of condensation. The stop-cock g is provided in the pipe F to enable the contents of the shell 0 to be drawn 0E rapidly, if occasion requires.

This steaming board is intended to be mounted in laundries, repair-shops, and all other places where trousers or other garments or cloths of any description are cleansed or pressed and where a supply of steam can be had for that purpose.

The method of using my improved steaming-board for these purposes is very simple.

In practice a thin cloth cover is put over the board to prevent any dangerof scalding which might exist, and the cloth or garment to be pressed is simply laid on the steaming-board and a valve E'turned, so as to admit steam to the inside of the shell. This steam rising from the perforations c 0 through the garment removesthe spots and stains and also softens the fibers, so that a mere smoothing with the hand or a brush without the use of an iron removes all wrinkles and creases almost instantly.

The great convenience and advantages of this steaming-board will, I think, be readily understood without further description.

I claim'-- The above-described steaming-board which consists of a fiat elongated hollow shell provided with a solid bottom downwardly inclined toward one end and with a perforated somewhat flattened top adapted to receive a cloth or garment thereon, aperforated steampipe projecting inside said shell with its per- I of the board; the water of condensation beforations turned downwardly and beingothering drawn away by means of said inclined wise closed whereby steam admitted therebottom.

through is projected against the solid bottom JOHN BIEBERNEIT. of said board where the moisture contained Witnesses: therein is condensed and only dry steam is W. P. PREBLE, Jr.,

allowed to ascend through the flattened top ADA PERRY. 

